Month: October 2016

As a child, I liked the 1992 Last of the Mohicans movie. I saw it again in my 20s and realized it was bad except for the music. This scene is totally moving, though: This pure, innocent, beautiful white girl is about to be raped by a bloody savage and she’d rather die! While reading…

As a mulatto, I just had to weigh in on this story from Slate: It was because of this tweet: Surprised Ivanka would be shocked by lewd language. I met her once & she casually said: “I’ve never seen a mulatto cock, but I’d like to!” https://t.co/WrgCoM0MGK — Jonah Peretti (@peretti) October 19, 2016 He…

I got my voter information guide a few days ago, and I was pleased to see there was a candidate I hadn’t heard of before: Gloria La Riva, the Peace and Freedom Party candidate. I’m not formally registered with a party, but I voted Peace and Freedom in 2008 (Ralph Nader) and 2012 (Roseanne Barr).…

What does it mean that these items are frequently bought together? A lot has been written about Between the World and Me, even by David Brooks. What’s this other book, The Next Next Level? In his multi-hyphenate ambitions, the musician who calls himself Juiceboxxx couldn’t be more modern—you might call him a punk rock-rapper-DJ-record executive-energy…

Sometimes I wonder just how radical or “extremist” my opinions are. A few weeks ago, I was reading an article from the International Committee of the Fourth International. It was about Jill Stein’s appearance on CNN: I didn’t watch the appearance, but I found myself agreeing with the criticism of it: In fact, the Sanders…